GALLERY

Boston.com says not-so-nice stuff about Adrian Gonzalez

After Adrian Gonzalez went 0-for-8 in Boston’s 9-6, 17-inning loss to Baltimore on Sunday, boston.com’s Eric Wilbur lit into the ex-Padre.

“He is the face of a franchise with no soul,” wrote Wilbur. “You can take the man out of San Diego, but you apparently can’t take the laissez-faire SoCal nonchalance out of the player who is quickly becoming the maddening, non-charismatic answer to JD Drew.”

Gonzalez went into Monday’s game at Kansas City hitting .264 with two home runs and 15 RBI.

“The only thing I can say is that when the last day of the season comes, [my slugging percentage] is going to be over .500 and the on-base is going to be around .400. You may not see it right now because it’s May 7. But I promise you when the season is over, the slugging will be over .500 and the on-base will be around .400. It is every year.”

Ex-teammate Jake Peavy came to Gonzalez’s defense, tweeting, “Wilbur’s article couldn’t be more off Adrian is the ultimate professional.”

Trivia time

The Padres’ first season was 1969. They didn’t have a winning season until ’78. Who was the manager?

Hype of the hoof

“NBC-TV had a three-hour Kentucky Derby preview show Saturday for a two-minute race,” noted Greg Cote of the Miami Herald. “Unless the horses started talking, that strikes me as a bit excessive.”

Stop the presses

SportsPickle.com headlines:

•Bryce Harper looking like that on purpose

•Nike releases line of ACLs

Seeing’s not believing

Gallery noticed just one small problem with Phil Mickelson’s World Golf Hall of Fame bust. It doesn’t look anything like him.

No-hitter and a save

Bill Littlejohn on Jared Weaver breaking a tradition of not leaving your teammates during a possible no-hit bid by going to the bathroom in the eighth inning: “Thus, this becomes the first no-hitter ever pitched in relief.”

Sign of apathy

Three TVs in U-T sports department. None on at start of Monday’s Padres-Rockies game.